Horse-collar.



No. 808,498. PATENTED DEC. 26, 1905. B. G. WILLIAMS.

HORSE COLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 12, 1904.

BKIOUICQ ERNEST G. WILLIAMS, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

HORSE-COLLAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1905.

Application filed August 12, 1904. Serial No. 220,444.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ERNEST G. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Horse-Collars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fabric horse-collars.

The object of the invention is to provide a peculiar rim for the collar the prime characteristic of which is a depending enlargement at its lower end and a similar but smaller enlargement at the top to insure retaining the hames on the collar.

Considerable difliculty is experienced by those associated with teams to keep the hames fast to the collar When a horse is backed. Owing to the necessary great angle existing between the collar and the rest of the harness, the hames, as a rule, jump out of their position between the body and rim of the collar at the bottom. This results in loss of time and serious inconvenience and frequently injury to the animal. To overcome this objection, I have found .it expedient to Y thicken the rim at the bottom and top so that it will perceptibly depend below the pocket formed between the rim and the body of the collar and form a safe means for retaining the hames in their proper position.

Many other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a collar with my improvement applied. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a View of the blank from which the body of the collar is formed. Fig. 4 is a view of the blank from which the rim is formed.

Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of the bodyblanks folded and ready to receive its shield.

The same characters refer to like parts in all the figures.

1 indicates the body, and 2 the rim, of my improved collar. The body is constructed in two sections, each section being formed of a single piece 4, as shown in Fi 3. The inner edge of said blank is somew at curved at the top .6, and then it runs nearly on a straight line 7 and terminates at the bottom in a deep curve 8. This shape conforms approximately to the contour of the side of the animals neck. The outer edge of. the piece 4 is appropriately curved to match the lines 6, 7, and 8 when folded on the dotted lines 9 and 10. Obviously when the blankis turned over on the lines 9 and 10 and the two edges are stitched together there will be a curved open space at the meeting lines of the over-- part of said blank.

The blank 13 (shown in Fig. 4) forms one section of the rim of my improved fabric collar. The blank is correspondingly curved on its opposite edges to correspond with the cut of the inner edge of the body-blank 4, the upper slightcurve 14, nearly-straight portion 15, and prominent lower curve 16. The blank 13 is folded along the dotted line 17, the two outer edges being stitched together and to the body 1. By reason of the two edges of the blank 13 being oppositely curved when the two edges are brought together an enlarged depending lip is provided at the bottom of each section, so that when the two sections abut, as when the collar is in use, there is a pronounced protuberance standing out from the bottom of the collar. This condition also exists at the top of the collar, but not as great as at the bottom. The curves l4 serve the purpose of forming the upper projections.

When the collar is made up for use, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a pronounced valley 20 is formed between the body and rim, and as the parts are made from fabric and stufi'ed with suitable material the hames can be readily embedded; but experience has demonstrated that even though the hames are embedded they frequently pull out. However, I have found that by extending the rim at predetermined points, preferably at the top and bottom, as described, the hames are absolutely prevented from moving from their seat. The protuberance at the bottom retains them against the tendency to jump out from the bottom, while if for any reason they should slip from the top the upper protuberance will prevent their displacement.

Attempts have heretofore been made to prevent the displacement of the hames by enlarging the rim throughout its whole area;

but this has proven too expensive and impractical, for it is to be remembered that when hames are applied to a collar their tendency to become displaced is not at the sides so much as it is at the top and bottom. This is due to the fact that the haines are loosely connected at the top and bottom and are more easily moved from their seat on the collar at these points.

To emphasize the projections set forth in the claims, I have designated them by dotted lines in the drawings. In Fig. 3, indicates the small projection, and I) the large projection, on one long edge of the bodyblank, and c the small projection at the top, and d the large projection, at the bottom of the opposite long edge. In Fig. 4 8 represents the projection at the top, and f the projection at the bottom, of one edge of the rim-blank, while g and h, respectively, indicate similar projections on the opposite side edge.

My invention is therefore simple, cheap to manufacture, and by the peculiar arrangeinent of parts insures maintaining the hames in their pro er position on the collar.

What I claim as new is- 1. A fabric horse-collar, comprising a body and a rim, said rim being substantially of uniform thickness at its sides and gradually merging into an enlarged depending portion at its lower end which extends below the bottom of the body, the enlarged portion being formed of the same material and with the rim.

2. A fabric horse-collar comprising a body and a rim, the rim consisting of two sections, each section formed of a strip of fabric formed at its lower and upper edges on both sides with projections, each section folded along a medial line, and stitches to secure said sections to the body, the lower projections forming an extension at the bottom of the rim which depends below the bottom of the body and theprojections at the upper edgeforming an extension which projects upward beyond the top of the body.

3. A fabric horse-collar comprising a body and a rim, the rim consisting of two sections, each section formed of a strip of fabric formed at its lower opposite edges with projections, the section being folded along a medial line, and stitches securing said sections to the body, the projections forming an extension depending below the bottom of the body.

4. A section of a rim-blank for a fabric horse-collar having end projections on both edges, said projections being of the same shape to produce end extensions on the rim when the blank is folded.

5. A section of a horse-collar body-blank having an upper edge, a lower edge, the latter edge inclining in two opposite directions, a small projection at the upper end and a large projection on the lower end of one long edge, a top projection on the opposite long edge, which registers with the first-mentioned projection when the blank is folded, a lower projection on said opposite long edge and the lower edge, said latter projection registering with the first-mentioned lower projection on the first-mentioned long edge when the blank is folded.

6. A fabric horse-collar comprising a body and a rim, the rim consisting of two sections, eachsection formed of a strip of fabric formed at its upper opposite edges with projections, the section being folded along a medial line, and stitches securing said sections to the body, the projections forming an extension projecting above the top of the body.

7. A section of a horse-collar body-blank having its upper edge at an angle to the lower edge, a projection at the upper edge of one long edge, a projection formed at the bottom of said long edge and the bottom edge, a pro jection at the top of the opposite long edge which registers with the projection at the top of the first-mentioned long edge, a second projection formed at the bottom of the oppo site long edge and the bottom edge, the said opposite long edge being in the form of a compound curve, whereby when the blank is folded the projections will register, and the compound edge will form a shield-receiving notch.

8. A rim-blank for a fabric horse-collar having end projections on two opposite edges, to produce an extension when the blank is folded.

9. A section of ahorse-collar body-blank having its upper edge at an incline to its lower edge, one long edge being curved, the opposite long edge being curved for a portion of its length in two places, the edge of said opposite long edge being in the form of a compound curve between the two mentioned curved edges, whereby when the blank is folded the two curves of said long edge will register with the adjacent curved long edge and the compound curve will form a shieldreceiving pocket.

Signed by me at Washington, District of Columbia, this 12th day of August, 1904.

ERNEST G. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses J NO. IMIRIE, DEINZA MATTHEWS. 

